World's richest woman: "Drink less, work more"

She stated the obvious and is being viciously demonized for it. Great example of the "mobbing" FringeElements talked about in his documentary, where people twist everything someone says into something evil.

Meanwhile, she's being attacked for having inherited money, the fact of the matter is if she wasn't a good steward of that money, it'd all be gone.

Instead, according to Wikipedia, she was worth $1.8 billion in 2006, now she's worth $29.17 billion just 6 years later, despite the financial crisis. Compare that to any government the world over and then tell me how important it is to have "inherited" your wealth, the U.S. government "inherits" (see: steals) trillions of dollars a year, yet it all gets burned on socialism and killing people. Their investments are all Solyndra's.

To make money you have to produce value for consumers and get them to give you their money voluntarily, that's how markets work. Of course, all these parasites attacking her make their living robbing workers through taxation and live parasitically off the general populace they rule over, they're the out of touch ones who ought to be ashamed of themselves, though they tend to be sociopaths devoid of human emotion, so it's understandable they don't give a damn. - Chris, InfoLib

UPDATE: "When her father died in 1992, he left the mining mogul $75 million and, yes, she multiplied that sum by 386 over the past 20 years, according to AOL Daily Finance."SYDNEY — The world's richest woman, Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart, urged those "jealous" of the wealthy to "spend less time drinking" in a piece the government described as "insulting" on Thursday.

[...]Rinehart blamed what she described as "socialist", anti-business policies for the plight of Australia's poor, urging the government to lower the minimum wage, as well as taxes, unless it wanted to end up like Greece.

"The terrible millionaires and billionaires can often invest in other countries... maybe their teenagers don't get the cars they wanted, or a better beach house or or maybe the holiday to Europe is cut short, but otherwise life goes on," she wrote.

"The millionaires and billionaires who choose to invest in Australia are actually those who most help the poor and our young. This secret needs to be spread widely."

[...]"These sorts of comments are an insult to the millions of Australian workers who go to work and slog it out to feed the kids and pay the bills," Swan said, adding that Rinehart clearly regarded Australians as "lazy workers who drink and socialise too much".

Chris, there you go again on your 'free market' rampage .
The fact that the super-rich are getting even more super-rich, while everybody else are losing there life-savings are due to the fact that
'we drink to much' ? To much what, Cristal or Chateau Margaux ??

You think the Oz government didn't give her a helping hand or maybe
you think shes spending all her time underground in the mines, digging out all the billions from the dirt, all on her own ?

Um, first off the super rich are not "getting even more rich," most of them lost a ton of money in the 08 crash and are only now recovering (thanks to the state flooding the markets w/ cash) she happened to have been in mining and clearly was serving her market so she profited hugely thanks to the commodities boom, why does that make her a bad person?

She's employing tons of people, she doesn't need to dig the dirt all her own because her parents did that before her and created an empire which she inherited, do you think parents have no right to give their children their wealth?

Is she bad because she inherited money?

If she lost it all, would you still be attacking her?

I don't know if the oz government helped her, I do know they're actively robbing her of likely 50% of her profits and soon with the mining tax, which was hugely opposed yet passed regardless, they will be robbing her of even more. Of course, the same goes for all her employees, who would be getting part of that money in the form of reinvestment leading to even higher salaries and more demand for their services.

I do know the government sure as hell doesn't deserve her money.

Meanwhile, you say "everybody else" is losing their life-savings, that's not due to their drinking too much but the government which you love so much robbing them blind through inflation, taxation, regulation, and war.

The crash was the fault of central planning by the world's central banks, this woman had nothing to do with it.

The world's fittest man, Australian exercise tycoon Gino Rinehart, urged those "jealous" of the lean to "spend less time eating donuts" in a piece tax-fattened functionaries described as "insulting" on Thursday.

whats that saying "if you want to know what god thinks of money, look who he gives it to". I mean that tongue and cheek but in this instance its hard not to believe it has some truth to it. Seriously chris this woman is a disgrace of a human being in so many many ways, she's even been swindling her own children out of their trust fund set up by there grandfather.

She is a wonderful example of exactly why we shouldn't want an unfettered free-market. Her recent attempts to bias the editorial content of a major news outlet to support her mining interests is typical of what some powerful elite do in this market place and will do more so in total free markets.

Also she herself should be the last one to preach to us aussies about 'rightful living'. She is a majorly obese angry person.

And one more thing thats crucial here. Who owns those resources she has made her billions from(thanks to daddy). Why should we the Australian people not be able to say that although she has a lease for development, that the resources she digs up are primarily ours and not singularly hers.

In fact she knew this to be the case before development, all thats going on now is a spoilt rich girl playing out selfish power plays with her money so she doesn't have to pay a LITTLE more tax. Actually she should have to pay alot more tax to support the military that defends her LEASE from being overtaken by powers in the north.

You treat the rich like kings chris, you being a loyal unquestioning subject. its ironic that we never here you subject them to any critic or care to make them transparent and accountable. Oh! but you believe a free market will do that for you, YOUR DREAMING big time.

Really you 'unfettered free-marketers' folk have really got to work out exactly what private property is and what you believe it should be and then test your theory out on the public and see if they want it. My guess is that the vast majority will never want it because its just not good enough to cover most peoples wishes.
Your man in the zeitghiest imitation movie attempts to prove some private property ideals, but for me they only begged more questions and hardly looked realistic.

Hi, lol Chris you have no fucking idea what is going on, do some research before kissing the Ass of the Worlds most Evil being. If she gets control of this Country she would be As Evil a Dictator as Mugabe, Bush, or the ones from old Egypt or Malaysia to name a few.

She doesn't employ people from this Country you not wit, She brings over people to work for no money in Disgusting Conditions. Actually Gina's Daddy twisted the Government and forced them to Sign over the damn titles to those Mines and lands. He didn't find it or earn it fairly...

You Sound as bad as a damn Liberal or Right Winger mate, Grow the fuck up for the love of Humanity... She is a damn Snake, would kill anyone, Hurt anyone in her way. Bent on World Domination by the sounds of it! Why the fuck would she have the Audacity to tell Hard working Australians that work heaps harder than that fat cow to work harder, and drink less?

That is purely Disgusting, the worst I have ever heard of in my Life. I think she needs to have all her titles and land and money taken from her and see her attitude living on a few hundred a week. Stupid inconsiderate nearly cow. It's not hard to turn money handed to her into mega profit when you have access to the best education and a shit load of start up money, not to mention her Dads name.. Stop writing and leave the Internet. You are a Disgrace mate...

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